SOUTH SUDAN / HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT

Hundreds of people were killed in South Sudan during an outbreak of violence last July and more than 200 people were raped, according to a United Nations report released today. FILE

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:00:53
• Production Date: 16 January 2017
• Asset Language: Arabic; English
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS MISSION IN SOUTH SUDAN – UNMISS
• Subject Topical: DISPLACED PERSONS; HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
• Geographic Subject: SOUTH SUDAN
• MAMS Id: 1814519
• Parent Id: 1814519
• Alternate Title: unifeed170116b

Description

STORY: SOUTH SUDAN / HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT
TRT: 0:53
SOURCE: FILE
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT UNMISS
LANGUAGE: NATS

DATELINE: FILE - 14 JULY 2016, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN

Shotlist

1. Wide shot, two boys in front of a camp
2. Med shot, newly arrived displaced queuing to register
3. Close up, women’s dusty feet
4. Med shot, mother carrying child
5. Pan right, from man to woman and child being registered
6. Med shot, woman and child being registered
7. Tilt up, from baby to mother’s face
8. Med shot, peacekeepers holding a baby
10. Wide shot, displaced next to tents
11. Various shots, more displaced arriving outside shelter area

Storyline

Hundreds of people were killed in South Sudan during an outbreak of violence last July and more than 200 people were raped, according to a United Nations report released today which emphasizes the need for accountability and justice for those human rights violations.

The report by the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and the UN human rights office (OHCHR) found that throughout the fighting that occurred between 8 and 12 July 2016 between the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army in Opposition (SPLM/A-IO), “the belligerents blatantly ignored international human rights law and humanitarian law.”

The report found that SPLA and SPLM/A-IO showed “complete disregard of civilians” continuing to target women and children, and in particular, Nuers with tribal markings on their foreheads, after 12 July, and that six months later, “there remains widespread impunity, as violations continue unabated.”
It also states that “information documented and verified by the Human Rights Division suggests that hundreds of people including civilians were killed and many more wounded during the fighting in various areas of Juba.”
“UNMISS documented 217 victims of rape, including gang-rape committed by SPLA, SPLM/A-IO and other armed groups during and after the fighting between 8 and 25 July. According to victims' testimonies and witnesses' accounts, most cases of sexual violence were committed by SPLA soldiers, police officers and members of the National Security Services (NSS).”
UNMISS and OHCHR urge the Transitional Government of National Unity to “break the cycle of violence and impunity,” including through the establishment and operationalization of the Hybrid Court for South Sudan by the African Union.
The report also recommends that the State ensure that all victims of human rights violations and abuses, as well as violations of international humanitarian law, have access to an effective remedy, just and fair reparation, including compensation and rehabilitation.